the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)同义词:ingestion, intake, uptake
involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body同义词:pulmonary tuberculosis, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague
(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing同义词:economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services
the act of consuming something同义词:using up, expenditure
例句
The meat was condemned as unfit for human consumption.这种肉已宣布不适宜人们食用。
I always take fuel consumption into consideration when buying a car.我买汽车时总要把燃油消耗量考虑在内。
He has to cut down on the consumption of meat.他不得不减少吃肉。
Consumption of cotton increased even after it rose in price.棉花的价格虽然提高了,但消耗依然增加。
There's too great a consumption of alcohol in China.在中国酒的消耗量太大了。
详细解释
con.sump.tion n.(名词) The act or process of consuming.消耗:消耗的行为或过程The state of being consumed.被耗尽:被耗尽、用完的状态An amount consumed.消耗量:所消耗的数量Economics The using up of goods and services by consumer purchasing or in the production of other goods.【经济学】 消费:消费者在购买或生产其它商品时所消耗的商品及服务Pathology【病理学】 A progressive wasting of body tissue.身体耗损:身体组织的逐步耗损Pulmonary tuberculosis. No longer in scientific use.痨病:肺结核,科学上已不再使用 来源:Middle English consumpcioun 中古英语 consumpcioun from Latin cônsômptiô cônsômptiôn- [a consuming] 源自 拉丁语 cônsômptiô cônsômptiôn- [完成] from cônsômptus [past participle of] cônsômere [to consume] * see consume 源自 cônsômptus [] cônsômere的过去分词 [消费,消耗] *参见 consume